Abraham Siika
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 7732484 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Abraham Siika |
| NOMBRES | Abraham |
| APELLIDO | Siika |
| FIRMA | SIIKA A |
| AFILIACIONES | AMPATH |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7669-6612 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 3 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 0 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 3 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2013 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2016 |
| ÍNDICE H | 0 |
Morbidity and nutrition status of rural drug-naïve Kenyan women living with HIV
This paper describes morbidity in a group of HIV-positive drug-naïve rural women in western Kenya. A total of 226 drug-naïve HIV-positive women were evaluated for baseline morbidity, immune function, and anthropometry before a food-based nutrition intervention. Kenyan nurses visited women in their homes and conducted semi-structured interviews regarding symptoms and physical signs experienced at the time of the visit and during the previous week …
Accuracy and Acceptability of Oral Fluid HIV Self-Testing in a General Adult Population in Kenya
We evaluated performance, accuracy, and acceptability parameters of unsupervised oral fluid (OF) HIV self-testing (HIVST) in a general population in western Kenya. In a prospective validation design, we enrolled 240 adults to perform rapid OF HIVST and compared results to staff administered OF and rapid fingerstick tests. All reactive, discrepant, and a proportion of negative results were confirmed with lab ELISA. Twenty participants were video-r…
Delivery of HIV care during the 2007 post-election crisis in Kenya
Key lessons learned in maintaining the delivery of HIV care in a crisis situation include the importance of advance planning to develop programs that can function during a crisis, an emphasis on a rapid programmatic response, the ability of clinics to function autonomously, patient knowledge of their disease, the use of community and patient networks, addressing staff needs and developing effective patient tracking systems
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Delivery of HIV care during the 2007 post-election crisis in Kenya
Key lessons learned in maintaining the delivery of HIV care in a crisis situation include the importance of advance planning to develop programs that can function during a crisis, an emphasis on a rapid programmatic response, the ability of clinics to function autonomously, patient knowledge of their disease, the use of community and patient networks, addressing staff needs and developing effective patient tracking systems
Accuracy and Acceptability of Oral Fluid HIV Self-Testing in a General Adult Population in Kenya
We evaluated performance, accuracy, and acceptability parameters of unsupervised oral fluid (OF) HIV self-testing (HIVST) in a general population in western Kenya. In a prospective validation design, we enrolled 240 adults to perform rapid OF HIVST and compared results to staff administered OF and rapid fingerstick tests. All reactive, discrepant, and a proportion of negative results were confirmed with lab ELISA. Twenty participants were video-r…
Morbidity and nutrition status of rural drug-naïve Kenyan women living with HIV
This paper describes morbidity in a group of HIV-positive drug-naïve rural women in western Kenya. A total of 226 drug-naïve HIV-positive women were evaluated for baseline morbidity, immune function, and anthropometry before a food-based nutrition intervention. Kenyan nurses visited women in their homes and conducted semi-structured interviews regarding symptoms and physical signs experienced at the time of the visit and during the previous week …
HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (3 obras) · Medicine (3 obras) · Family medicine (2 obras) · HIV Research and Treatment (2 obras) · Internal Medicine (2 obras) · Public health (2 obras) · Anthropometry (1 obras) · Body mass index (1 obras) · Environmental health (1 obras) · Fingerstick (1 obras)